---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the definition of \"tenant\" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action"
description: "Expands the definition of \"tenant\" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6370"
citation: "New York A 6370 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILLIAMS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015a61ac-f848-4bfb-8e09-87a42bb5629f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6370"
source_hash: "85f4922df0c7558eb8400bb8044a36a6d8ef1113e6118383b29eaedbd6b8aca9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 6370 (2019-2020) — Expands the definition of "tenant" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action

Expands the definition of "tenant" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6370&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **97–45** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WILLIAMS — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** REPORTED
- **2019-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.304
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.235
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5357
- **2020-07-21** 3RD READING CAL.214
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.354 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015a61ac-f848-4bfb-8e09-87a42bb5629f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).